Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:14:59 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD E-350 Message-ID: <201103141614.p2EGExSr077677@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikvPufLFZ-iXbNXfEC8yfROCJZfwo8=av_qJjrA@mail.gmail.com>
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Tom Evans wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much choice when > > building a low-noise and low-power surf box for the living > > room based on FreeBSD. Atom boards run (mostly), but they > > don't have HDMI output with full HD support. AMD E-350 is > > not supported by FreeBSD, as you wrote above ... Not much > > left ... > > Any atom board with nvidia ion graphics will be able to use hw > acceleration (vdpau) to decode full hd x264 and output over HDMI, eg > http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12677 Not bad, but unfortunately it's not fanless, and the Atom 330 is quite old and slower than the AMD E-350 ... But it might still be an option if I don't want to run Linux. > I use a much weaker nvidia graphics card and can decode 1080p HD > broadcasts with full acceleration. Is that also with an Atom N330? My home router is an N330- based box (though headless, without HD-capable graphics), so I know it's rather slow. I doubt it can decode H.264 at 1080p. This is really a difficult decision ... Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd I suggested holding a "Python Object Oriented Programming Seminar", but the acronym was unpopular. -- Joseph Strout
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